Managing healthcare performance in analytical framework

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-468

  Dey, Prasanta K ^a   Hariharan, Seetharaman ^b   Despic, Ozren ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Health services; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249104705     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810887249     Document Type: Article

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